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Tag Archives: parasitoid
Lepidopteran of the month: Small tortoiseshell butterfly
Here’s my Lepidopteran of the Month series, back after a few months’ hibernation. You might choose to follow my ‘butterfly’ tag for other posts in this series. Today, in June, let’s admire the small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) which I … Continue reading
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Tagged alien species, arthropod, butterfly, climate, data, dipteran, ecosystem, Europe, farm, fly, forest, indicator species, injurious weed, insect, insecticide, larva, lepidopteran, native species, nettle, parasitoid, pesticide, plant_dicot, ragwort, research, small tortoiseshell butterfly, stinging nettle, Sturmia bella, weed, wild parsnip, woodland
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Attracting or repelling insects
To an insect, some things are tasty and some things are repulsive. Of course that depends on which kind of insect is deciding what to eat. This can be important to us humans, because some insects are pests to us. … Continue reading
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Tagged arthropod, bait, biotechnology, Bt crop, Bt toxin, cockroach, crop, dictyopteran, dipteran, EBf pheromone, evolution, genetic modification, insect, insecticide, lacewing, mint, Monsanto, neuropteran, parasitoid, peppermint, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, pheromone, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, poison, research, wheat
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Neonics and Asian rice
A few weeks ago three ‘bee killers’, neonicotinoid sprays and seed treatments, were temporarily banned in Europe. The banned insecticides are dinotefuran, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. Now cereal farmers outside Europe are talking about what the neonic ban means for them. … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, miniculture
Tagged arthropod, Asia, crop, crop rotation, crop variety, dinotefuran, ecosystem, farmer, flower, grain, hemipteran, honey, honeybee, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, integrated pest management, knowledge, law, neonicotinoid, okra, parasitoid, pest, pesticide, planthopper, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, predator, research, rice, sesame, thiamethoxam
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